Paul Kimmage on Mayweather-McGregor: "The joke is on us"

Floyd Mayweather and McGregor took part in four press conferences in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York and London last week ahead of their much talked-about boxing fight in August. "I'd love to see that".

"I'm going to change the way fighting is approached".

"I don't really know him".

Triple H, Floyd Mayweather, and Conor McGregor all have something in common: they know how to fight with words as well as they can fight with their fists (and a ladder and a chair in Triple H's case). While Mayweather is now 40-years-old and McGregor is relatively young at 28, only a handful of boxers have come close to defeating Mayweather. The fans demanded this fight.

Since the press conferences involving Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have started, there has been discussions about homophobia, racism, growth spurts, bags of cash, expletive-laden suits and the rare moment of inspiration. McGregor wanted this fight.

On August 26, they'll collide inside Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, and no matter the outcome, make each other even more wealthy than they already are.

Mayweather, one of the most accomplished defensive fighters in history, admits there's a level of uncertainty in the entire undertaking. Mayweather won a 12-round unanimous decision.

In the past, Floyd Mayweather has picked up an impressive record of 49-0.

"I'm not exhausted of this", said. "I don't need a fighter to motivate me, but we have to give the people what they want to see, and that's what the people want to see".

But Australian Geale - who previously held the IBF, WBA and IBO belts in the middleweight division - is unimpressed with the "circus" that is Mayweather and McGregor, believing it is disrespectful to boxing.

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